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Pull syslog data from EC2 instance into Splunk

olgamirth
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We're running an on-prem instance of Splunk Enterprise behind a firewall which (currently) does not permit ingress on ports 9996 or 9997. As such, I can't get EC2 syslog data in using the UF. Is it possible to get our on-prem instance of Splunk to pull the syslog data, in something close to real-time, from the EC2 instance. Is there a better way to architect this or should I just resign myself to do battle with our network administrators?

Thanks,
Mike

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jplumsdaine22
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If they will only let you communicate TO AWS, then run an indexer in AWS, and peer your on prem search head with the AWS indexer.

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jplumsdaine22
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If they will only let you communicate TO AWS, then run an indexer in AWS, and peer your on prem search head with the AWS indexer.

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olgamirth
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Oh, hey! I didn't think of that. Thanks!

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